Bottle-washing machine



(Np Model.)

A. E. RICH BOTTLE WASHING MAGHINE.

No. 332,437. Patented Dec. 15, 1885..

.WITNESSESL' INVENTU N. FILTERS, Phuw-Umoglibhur, wilhington, llC.

NlTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

AUGUSTUS E. RICH, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,437, dated DecemberlS, 1885.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS E. R1011, of

Fall River, county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and use ful Improvement in Bottle-\Vashing Machines, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the ac companying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like letters of ref erence indicate cor-responding parts.

Figure l is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section of the principal operative parts of the machine.

The object of the present invention is to furnish a simple, effective,and inexpensive machine for washing the interior of bottles. The novelmanner of connecting the spindle of the washer directly to the shaft ofthe motor enables me to dispense with all superfluous parts and tooperate the whole machine with considerable less power than it isnecessary to employ in the constructions now in use.

Referring to the drawings, A is a motor, and which may be driven eitherby water, steam, gas, electricity, or other means. Irepresent awater-motor in drawings in explanation of my invention. The body of themotor is secured to the frame D in the usual manner.

B is a hollow spindle,secured to the shaft of the motor, but preferablydetachable therefrom, by which connection the spindle is sustained andrevolved. The brush and its holder (which form the subject-matter of aseparate application) terminates the outer extremity of the spindle.

a is the motor-shaft, which, to facilitate my invention, I make with ahole through its length. On the opposite side of the motor proper fromthe spindle side is attached a pipe, b, which pipe connects with themain supplypipe of the motor, and is indicated by 0. Between the pipe 0and the connection of pipe b with the hollow shaft a, I place a valve,b. Connected with the valve 1) is the lever b, and this is connected tothe rod 01', by which said lever is oscillated at right angles to thewaterpipe in which the valve is placed. The rod or arm d is alsoconnected with the slide d. The guide-rod f is placed under the spindle,and is parallel thereto. Upon the guide-rod f the slide cl is placed,and which is operated as hereinafter described. Upon the spindle isplaced the bottle-guide w. The bottle-guide is made to slide upon thespindle, and is guided and supported by the bottle-guide slide Thisslide 3 is fitted to the guide-rod f. The outer end of the bottle-guideis formed flaring, as shown by 00, Fig. 1, and serves to guide thebottle. A pulley,h,with cordj and weight It, draws the slide g andbottle-guidex toward the outer end of guide-rodf and of spindle B. y gare stops placed on the guide-rod f. The spindle is coupled to the shafta at a.

F is a bottle being washed. The valve b is kept closed by the action ofthe spring Z, act ing upon the lever b Having now described the parts, Iwill eX- plain its mode of operation. The water entering the pipe 0actuates the motor and revolves the shaft a and spindle B and brush andits holder 0. The bottle-guide m is drawn to the outer end of thespindle B, the end a" passing over the brush and its holder 0. Thebottlenose is then placed against the mouth as of the bottle-guide w.Now,by pressing the bottle forward the bottle-guide slides inwardly uponthe spindle, guided by the guide-slide 3 Moving upon the guiderodf, thebrush enters the bottle. \Vhen the brushreaches the bottom of thebottle, (or before that time, if desired,) the guide-slide pressesagainst the slide (2 and communicates motion to the rod (1, and opensthe valve b by means of the connecting-lever b". Upon the opening ofvalve 1) the wa ter leaves the pipe 0 at c, and passing through thehollow shaft a and through the hollow spindle B, and thus into theinterior of the bottle. During all this time the brush is being rapidlyrevolved. Upon the withdrawal of the bottle the weight and cord draw thebottle-guide to the end of the spindle, and the spring I, acting uponthe lever b, closes the valve 1), and the water is thus prevented frombeing thrown upon the person of the operator when the bottle iswithdrawn. Any convenient form of motor may be used,and in caseelectricity is used or other force other than Water the pipe b may beconnected with any convenient source of water-supply. The connection ofthe rods d and d may be varied,so that more or less Water may be allowedto pass through the pipe b,and consequently through the spindleB andinto the bottle itself. The rods may also be adjusted so that water maybe let into the bottle before the brush reaches the bottom of it; or itmay be adjusted so that no water at all will en ter the interior ofthebottle.

The direct connection of the spindle to the shaft a,I deem of muchimportance, as I thereby do away with all unnecessary friction, and

am enabled to do the work with less power than I could otherwise do. theparts and greatly cheapens' the construction.

I am aware that a flaring bottle-guide has been used in bottle-washingmachines, and I therefore do not claim that in itself as new. Neither isthe hollow spindle detached from the motor-shaft original with me; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. An organized bottle washing machine It also simplifies consisting ofthe motor A, provided with a hollow shaft, a, spindle B, detachablysecured to the shaft a, and carrying the brush-holder O, bottle-guideor, supported by slide y,guiderod f, slide d, rod d, lever b valve 1),spring e, pipes b a, pulley h, cord j, weight k, and table D, allarranged, combined, and adapted to operate substantially asand for thepurposes setforth.

2. In a bottle-washing machine, the combination of the guide-rod f,placed on a line parallel with the shaft or arbor of the motor, theslide d, adapted to be operated on the guiderod by contact with theguide-slide y, the stops g g, the rod (2, lever b, valve b,'and springe, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

